Thiès
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Thiès (; ; Noon: Chess) is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Region and is a major industrial city.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Thiès is referenced by 381 other articles, and connects out to France, Germany and Tunisia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 5 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Communes of Senegal, Populated places established in 1864 and Populated places in Thiès region.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Thiès
- Settlement.other_name
- ثيس
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Thies.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Thiès; city centre
- Settlement.image_seal
- Blason thiès.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Thiès Region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Babacar Diop
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 391253
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Thies info, site de Thiès, L'actualité au sénégal
Thies info, site d'actualité à Thiès. Suivez L'actualité au sénégal., ##CHAPO##
thiesinfo.com →Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Thiès Department
- Population
- 391253
- Area
- 34.931
- Elevation
- 63
- Time zone
- UTC
- Head of government
- Idrissa Seck
- Capital of
- Thiès Department
- Official website
- www.thiesinfo.com
- Image
- Thies.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Cergy
- Commons category
- Thiès
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Thiès
- topic's main category
- Category:Thiès
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Thiès
- different from
- Thiès Department
- nickname
- Capitale du Rail
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (5)
On the map
5 mapped locations